scholarly journals U.S. Department of Energy Strategic Plan: Strength through Science Powering the 21st Century

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Department Of Energy

scholarly journals Developing strategic plans for an aligned approach to 21st century skills integration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Scoular ◽  
Ian Teo
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Innovation And Technology

This report describes an online course developed to support education systems to build an aligned and sustainable approach to integration of 21st Century Skills (21CS). 21CS are those skills that are considered particularly important to succeed in today’s knowledge-based society in which innovation and technology are predominant. Prominent examples include critical thinking, creative thinking, and collaboration, and such skills need to be better understood in order for them to be integrated. While different countries may have their own frameworks or priorities surrounding 21CS, a consistent approach to integration can still be achieved with a shared understanding from all stakeholders within the system. The course objectives focused on supporting countries to develop a strategic plan for 21CS integration, providing resources to aid that plan, and building capacity to implement the plan. The specific learning objectives were to: Understand components and steps leading to 21CS alignment; Conduct a needs analysis, identifying which steps are currently being met, and which steps need more attention; Develop a strategic plan, identifying which steps are to be prioritized and in which order; Gain insights from other education systems from reflections on successful developments and lessons learned; and Engage in discussion within education systems and with other countries about the emerging area of skills integration, as well as identify future directions. Course participants joined from across 16 Asia Pacific countries and from the Education Quality and Assessment Programme for the Pacific Community (EQAP). The course comprised of eight modules that were spread over three weeks, with content hosted online through the Moodle platform.Each module consisted of pre-recorded video content (30-60 minutes) and team and/or individual activities. The modules were supported by three live sessions that allowed participants to ask questions and share reflections in real time. The course concluded with a webinar that consisted of presentations that were delivered by one member from each Core Strategy Team who shared their team’s strategic plan and reflections from this course.

Implications of the 21st Century Cures Act for the Behavioral and Social Sciences at the National Institutes of Health

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
William T. Riley ◽  
Katherine D. Blizinsky
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
National Institutes Of Health ◽  
Research Infrastructure ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
21St Century Cures Act

The 21st Century Cures Act provides funding for key initiatives relevant to the behavioral and social sciences and includes administrative provisions that facilitate health research and increase the privacy protections of research participants. At about the same time as the passage of the Act, the National Institutes of Health Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research released its Strategic Plan 2017-2021, which addresses three scientific priorities: (a) improve the synergy of basic and applied behavioral and social sciences research; (b) enhance and promote the research infrastructure, methods, and measures needed to support a more cumulative and integrated approach to behavioral and social sciences; and (c) facilitate the adoption of behavioral and social sciences research findings in health research and in practice. This commentary describes the implications of the Cures Act on these scientific priorities and on the behavioral and social sciences more broadly.

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